it's about the shoes.
“Labour are fucked,” says Kneale, 52, drinking a £1.95 pint of Foster’s beneath a giant St George’s flag. “I’ve been Labour all my life but never, ever again. They’ve done nothing but lie to us.”
On Kneale’s long list of grievances are immigration, the state of the town centre, the leadership of the local council, and cuts to the winter fuel allowance – a big issue in a constituency where one in five people are over 65, bigger than the national share.
“We need to stop the fucking boats. The pensioners need winter fuel allowance back and if you look around the town we’ve got barbers, dodgy cigarette shops, charity shops everywhere. You go try buy a pair of shoes in Runcorn – you can’t!”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/30/labour-grievances-fuel-runcorn-byelection-battle-reform